VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis moved to act even before the new crisis at the Vatican Bank erupted -- signaling his resolve to tackle a persistent source of scandal that his predecessors were unwilling or unable to put down.

Alessandro Speciale

Alessandro Speciale has been covering the Vatican since 2007 and wrote for Religion News Service from 2011-2013. Born in Rome, he studied literature at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, and journalism at City University, London. He has appeared as an expert on Vatican affairs on CNN, BBC World and Al Jazeera English.

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dorothy mccabe

It’s about time the Vatican is coming under scrutiny. i have been to Rome five times, the latest three weeks ago a papal visit once (a sham). People in the US don’t get it more coverage of the vatican is needed and much more reporting in a honest and uncensored manner.

Gemma

In retrospect, missing that RAI Concert for the Year of Faith seems justified considering the looming disturbance in the horizon, of which he must have been made aware of. If he went, it would have been like Nero fiddling while Rome was up in flames.

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